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Homecoming 2019
October 4-5, 2019

2019 Tentative Schedule

Friday, September 27, 2019

Paint the Paws

Friday, October 4, 2019

2 p.m. Reunion registration starts; it continues throughout the weekend. Registration will take place at the Alumni House.
2 p.m. Chown Golf Learning Center Dedication (New Harry Mussatto Golf Course Club House)
5-9 p.m. All-Alumni Social, Alumni House (Complimentary food, beer, wine and soda; cash bar available)

Saturday, October 5, 2019

7-7:45 a.m. Old Stompin' Ground Runaround Registration, Alumni House
8 a.m. Old Stompin' Ground Runaround: 5K Run/1.5 mile walk
8:30 a.m. Reunion Recognition Brunch & Social, Alumni House
9:30 a.m. All-Alumni Breakfast, Alumni House (Complimentary coffee and donuts)
10:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade
Noon-3 p.m. Alumni Cookout at "The Right Place" tent - in Q LOT (Menu: Hot dogs, cheese burgers and hamburgers, veggie burgers, potato chips, bottled water, canned soda and coffee.)
3 p.m. Leathernecks Football Game vs. Missouri State - Hanson Field
Tickets will not be mailed. The Homecoming football ticket sales are final. Therefore, all tickets purchased through the WIU Alumni Association are non-refundable.

**If you order mums, t-shirts, football tickets and/or lunch tickets, you can pick them up at the Alumni House any time on Friday and until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. After 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, tickets/mums/t-shirts will be taken down to The Right Place tent, which is in Q Lot. You can pick up your items there. Any football tickets not picked up by 3:00 p.m. (game time) on Saturday will be left at the will call window at the stadium.

2018 Grand Marshal

It was a year of "eights" for Western Illinois University alumnus George Baughman '60 ‘67 when he served as the 2018 Homecoming Parade grand marshal.

The parade also included retired WIU mascot Col. Rock III, serving as honorary grand marshal.

Baughman turned 80 this year, rode in his first parade in 1958, as a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and remembers coming to his first WIU Homecoming Parade when he was 8 years old.

"We are so very pleased to have George Baughman as our 2018 Homecoming Parade grand marshal and Colonel Rock III, 'Rocky' as our honorary grand marshal," said WIU Alumni Programs Director Amy Spelman. "It's George's year of the eights: he celebrated his 80th birthday this year, graduated from WIU 58 years ago, while he has been coming to WIU Homecoming since he was a baby, his first WIU Homecoming memory was when he was 8 years old and now it has come full circle as he will serve as our 2018 grand marshal. He is such a beloved member of our University community, a great alumnus and a true, true friend. We are lucky to have the opportunity to honor him in this way for all he has done for his alma mater."

More information about the 2018 grand marshal can be found HERE!

Rocky

Homecoming T-shirts

If you didn't order a 2018 Homecoming T-shirt, call 309-298-1914 to order today.

Parking Information

Permits will not be required in lots as of 5 p.m. Friday, until 7 a.m. Monday, with the exception of residence hall lots. Visitor parking is not allowed in reserved residence hall lots. Tickets will be issued to violators in handicapped spaces, reserved spaces and no parking zones (any area not designated as a parking space). If you have any questions or special parking needs, such as handicapped parking, please contact parking services at (309)298-1921.